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More components get Unicode treatment

dLSoft has updated a number of its product to facilitate the encoding of Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Korean and other Unicode languages into its Active Barcode Components, dBarcode DLLs and 2D Font Kits supporting Aztec, Datamatrix, PDF417 and QR Code. These products may be used for Unicode encoding of data supplied in non-western character sets simply by setting a flag.

Our .NET components already include this facility in the latest releases.

HIBC barcodes

dLSoft is pleased to announce the release of updated versions of our labelling components, Labels.NET, which now include both HIBC (LIC) barcode support and the facility to concatenate data from multiple fields to generate GS1-128 barcodes containing AIs. The new versions support .NET v2 or later only.

Updated versions of our applications AnyLabels and Really Simple Labels (which are built on the above components) have also been updated.

dBarcode.NET 1D Universal and DUal Universal versions have also had HIBC support added for both Code 128 and Code 39 variants.

Other recent news from dLSoft

dLSoft is pleased to announce the release of an updated product range for 2010. The most significant change is the inclusion of both 32 and 64 bit components in the Active Barcode Component, dBarcode DLL, dBarcode Developer Kit families and in the Universal 1D and 2D barcode Font kits. An updated version of Barcode Macros For Office has also been released to provide support for the 64 bit version of Office 2010.

Barcode Desk - new

dLSoft is pleased to announce the release of a major new product the dLSoft Barcode Desk. Barcode desk includes tools that not only creates barcode images and prints barcode labels but also allows the technician to verify the final printed barcode by scanning the image using a quality flatbed scanner and then using Barcode Reporter to analyse the X dimension, gain, structure and check characters for GS1-13, GS1-8, GS1-128, UPC-A and UPC-E symbols as well as Code 39, Code 93, Code 128, Codabar, and Interleaved 2 of 5 symbols.

Universal 2D Font Kit - new

dLSoft is pleased to announce the release of the Universal 2D Barcode Font Kit. The Universal 2D Barcode Font kit includes the fonts and a DLL, an Active-X component, a fully-managed-code .NET (version 2 or later only) component and a Java class, allowing calls from most programming languages to convert a character string into an Aztec, Datamatrix, PDF417, Micro PDF 417, QR Code or Micro QR Code barcode, plus a UFL for use within Crystal Reports.

Products get vector EPS capabilities

dLSoft is pleased to announce the release of new versions of dBarcode Pro, dBarcode Suite, all dBarcode DLLs and all Active Barcode Components. The new versions include the ability to save barcode images in vector Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) format.

Really Simple Labels

dLSoft is pleased to announce the release of Really Simple Labels a powerful but easy to use label/ticket/card design and printing program that can use data from MS Access (97-2007), Excel (97-2007) or most OLEDB or ODBC data sources, including simple text or csv files.

GS1 Databar Font Kit

dLSoft is please to announce the release of the GS1 Databar Font Kit, providing a font based solution for the creation of Databar symbols. The single font provided allows for the creation of all variants of the Databar system at the minimum height/width ratios of the Databar specification.

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